This “First in India” list is a boon for candidates who are getting ready to attempt competitive exams like JKSSB, SSC, UPSC, and state level examination . It upholds the major aspects of Indian politics, history, science and technology as well as great achievements, which remain very much recurrent in general awareness and static GK sections of such competitive exams. Reviewing this list by diligent aspirants can greatly help improve their knowledge of the milestones reached in India development therefore not only at the time of answering direct questions but even improving the overall understanding of Indian heritage and governance hence boosting performance in multiple exams.
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Table 1: Politics, Governance and Freedom Struggle S.No. Question Answer 1. Where was the first session of the Constituent Assembly held? New Delhi 2. Who was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress? Sarojini Naidu 3. At which place did Mahatma Gandhi first start his Satyagraha in India? Champaran 4. Who was the first Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of India? Shri V. T. Krishnamachari 5. Who was the first Defence Minister of India? N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar 6. When was the first no-confidence motion moved in the Lok Sabha after independence? 1963 7. Which Act gave representation to Indians for the first time in the Legislature? Government of India Act, 1935 8. Who first voiced the idea of a separate Muslim state in India? Mohammad Iqbal 9. Who was the first Rajput king to defeat Muhammad Ghori? Prithviraj III 10. What was the first venture of Gandhiji in all-India politics? Rowlatt Satyagraha 11. Who was the first Indian leader to undergo imprisonment in 1882? Vijiaraghavachari 12. Who was the first woman film star nominated/elected to the Rajya Sabha? Nargis Dutt 13. Who was the first woman Governor of a State in free India? Sarojini Naidu 14. Who was the first leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha? Kamlapati Tripathi 15. Who was the first speaker of the Lok Sabha? Malgaonkar 16. Which was the first State to become bifurcated after independence? Madras 17. Which State was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse? Satara 18. In which State was the Panchayati Raj first introduced? Rajasthan 19. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress? Badruddin Tyabji 20. Who was the first General-Secretary of the Indian National Congress? Dadabhai Naoroji
Table 2: Education, Science and Technology S.No. Question Answer 1. Who was the first Indian to be honoured with a lifetime achievement Oscar Award? Satyajit Ray 2. By whom was Gene first isolated in India? Hargobind Khurana 3. Which is the first geostationary telecommunication satellite of India? APPLE 4. What was the first large research reactor of India that uses U-233 as fuel? KAMINI 5. Who was the first scholar to read Ashokan edicts? James Princep 6. Who was the first European to translate the Bhagavad Gita into English? Charles Wilkins 7. Which is the first bank of limited liability managed by Indians and founded in 1881? Oudh Commercial Bank 8. Which was the first Indian satellite to go into orbit? Aryabhatta 9. When was the Zero Base Budgeting in India first experimented? April, 1987 10. Which was the first woman university in India founded by Dhondo Keshave Karve? SNDT Women’s University 11. Who was the first scientist to explain blood circulation? William Harvey 12. Who made the first estimate of national income in India? Dadabhai Naoroji 13. Who was the first European trader to establish trade contacts with India? Portuguese 14. Where was the first iron and steel industry of India established? Jamshedpur 15. Which was the first film produced in India? Raja Harishchandra (1913) by Dadasaheb Phalke
Table 3: Women Achievements in India S.No. Question Answer 1. Who was the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest? Bachhendri Pal 2. Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel? Arati Saha 3. Who was the first woman to become Chief Minister of any State in India? Sucheta Kripalani 4. Who was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest? Bachhendri Pal 5. Who was the first Indian woman to win a Jnanpith Award? Ashapurna Devi 6. Who was the first Indian woman to reach Olympic finals in individual track events? P.T. Usha 7. Who was the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games gold medal in 400m run? Kamaljit Sandhu 8. Who was the first woman Chief Justice of a High Court in India? Leila Seth 9. Who was the first woman minister of a state? Rajkumari Amrit Kaur 10. Who was the first Indian woman to own a gold medal in the Asian Games? Kamaljit Sandhu
Table 4: Infrastructure and Economy S.No. Question Answer 1. Which was the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India? Damodar Valley Corporation 2. Which was the first company-managed major port in India? Ennore 3. Which was the first railway line in India and in which year was it opened? 1853, Bombay to Thane 4. Which was the first state to introduce Panchayati Raj in India? Rajasthan 5. In which year did India first take part in the Olympic Games? 1920 6. Which was the first fort constructed by the British in India? Fort St. George 7. Who was the first Indian to get selected in the Indian Civil Services (ICS)? Surendranath Banerjee 8. Which was the first National Park established in India? Corbett National Park 9. In which year was service tax first introduced in India? 1994 10. Which was the first metal used by man in India? Copper
Table 5: Miscellaneous Firsts in India S.No. Question Answer 1. Who was the first person to set up the Atmiya Sabha in Kolkata in the first half of the nineteenth century? Ram Mohan Roy 2. Which was the first talkie film in India? Alam Ara 3. Which was the first newspaper to be published in India? Bengal Gazette 4. Who was the first Indian to score a triple century in Tests? Virender Sehwag 5. Who was the first leader to fire the first shot in the rebellion of 1857? Mangal Pandey 6. What was the first compound fixed during photosynthesis? Glucose 7. When was the first Railway line between Bombay and Thane laid? 1853 8. Which was the first Asian Games hosted in India? 1951, in Delhi 9. Who first divided his empire into Iqtas during the process of civil administration? Iltutmish 10. Who was the first Muslim ruler to invade India? Mohammad-bin-Qasim
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